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I am going to add some analysis to explain my moves 2. ...a6, this move comes from the najdorf variation, but the idea is deep, it prevents the knight on d4 and c3 as well as the bishop to land on b5,…

I think I played the maroczy bind position fairly well here. http://en.lichess.org/qRcQw7o0#0 I like the game a lot because its realistic. I did miss a few tactical shots but I think I played strong p…

This sequence is very nimzowitsch, I like it. In the advanced part of the sequence, I think it was great that you mentioned Ne5 since after black puts the knight on d5 he would probably want to follow…

The hardest part is developing an algorithm to detect these kinds of tactics. A good example of a tactic that you could expect in the high levels are the philidor and lucena of a rook endgame, which a…

I am on the brink of breaking tactics rating 2000, this seems like an accomplishment in my mind, but on the other hand I want to put the rating into perspective, can we have an overall rank of tactics…

check out the english, botvinik variation, thats what this should be relabeled as. http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chesscollection?cid=1017611

I am fairly certain that is muzios wild gambit from the KGA. if you like that game check this one out with naka http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1600009

For white I like to play the english but I am also getting deep into ruy lopez, the closed position is nice. for black I will go with sicilian or pirc for e4 and KID for d4, although I have been known…

Lets say that you have a mate in 3 but you choose a different method that would have still lead to mate, such as a mate in 5. you are not seeing the correct combination that the tactic is trying to sh…